Saudi Arabia Releases Two Princes after ‘Graft Probe’

Saudi Arabia has released two sons of late king Abdullah two months after they were detained in a sweeping ‘anti-corruption purge’, a source close to the government said Friday.

“They have been released,” the source said a day after a family member posted photos of Prince Faisal bin Abdullah, a former head of the Saudi Red Crescent, and Prince Mashal bin Abdullah, a previous governor of Mecca, on Twitter.

Prince Turki bin Abdullah was the only brother left in detention, the source said, without adding if his brothers had reached a cash settlement to be released.

Another brother, influential Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, was freed in late November after three weeks in detention following a “settlement” with authorities reportedly exceeding $1 billion.

Despite the propaganda which attempts to present Al Saud royalty as launching an anti-corruption campaign, the Saudi king and his son, the crown prince, are accused of embezzlement and corruption as they squander huge amounts money for the sake of their private projects.